A Linux user since 1995 (Slackware 2.2, kernel 1.2.1),
the author has emitted a few
software truffles, including the cruft
one-time pad encryption utility, the mcalc
mortgage calculator, the judge
Scrabble® adjudicator, and the yawl
word gaming list package. He got his start in programming using
FORTRAN IV on a CDC 3800, but is not the least bit nostalgic
for those days.

Living in a secluded desert community with wife and dog,
he cherishes human frailty.